Feb. 24, 2003

In a season of historical firsts for Women's HOCKEY EAST the Friars defeated Maine, 2-1, on Sunday, February 23 to claim the Women's HOCKEY EAST regular season title.

Providence and New Hampshire played a home-and-home series earlier this month with each team winning at home. The Friars shutout the Wildcats, 3-0, on Saturday, February 1 at Schneider Arena only to lose, 4-1, the next day at the Whittemore Center. The rubber-match came this past weekend when the Wildcats traveled to Providence on Saturday, February 22 and lost, 7-4. Junior Darlene Stephenson (Virden, Manitoba) scored the game-winning goal, short-handed, for the Friars and freshman goaltender Jana Bugden (Corner Brook, Newfoundland) made 35 saves on 39 shots.

Providence has one regular season game left this Friday as they travel to Niagara to take on the Purple Eagles at 7:00 p.m. at Dwyer Arena. The Friars will then be the No. 1 seed in the HOCKEY EAST tournament at Northeastern's Matthews Arena on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16.